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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
He Whitfield the Steel.

Two KentucBians-one of them q
acksmith-reeently called at the Navy
Department in Washington, and an
nounced that they had discovered pro-
cess of treating steel which would prac-
tically revolutionize the art of steel tool
making. They did not divulge the ma
ture of the invention further than to III
innate that it related to the chemical
bath in which the tool is immersed in
the tempering process. The callers as
serted that by their method of treatment
the commonest grades of metal can be
SO tempered in the matter of hardness
and toughness as to fully equal the best
grades of tool steel e--An ordinary pair
OF cheap cast-steel scissors could be
treated without disconnecting the blades
so as to cut and hold an edge as well as
the best English tool-steel shears.
An experiment was made on the blade
of Secretary Whitneys pocketknife with
the result that it was possible to white
an ordinary steel key without apparent
injury to the blade. Moreover, the re-
suits OF the treatment are asserted to be
80 under control that it is possible to
temper steel to any degree of hardness
or tOughness required. After consulta-
ton with the CHIEF of the Bureau of
Ordnance, the Secretary decided to per
NIT the process to be tested at the Wash
ington Navy Yard, and the experiments
have already been begun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
THE CHRISTOPHER AND THE BUG.

A Grasshopper and Bug met on the
Kings Highway by Chance, and the Bug,
Who in Truth was fne-looking Insect,
surveyed the Grasshopper for awhile in
Disdain and then Observed:
eff had your Legs [ should want to
Shoot myself Why on Earth Nature
Made you i'll the Shape She did is moro
than l can Cooper"
just then a Horse came galloping
along the Road, and the Grasshopper
evaded Death only by a quick Spring,
such as Nature designed him to Make.
The Bug, handsome in Looks but Slow
in Movement, was Crushed to Il Jelly
under an iron-shod Hoof, and School
ma'am who came Along just then re-
marked:
''MoRAL:
Never go back on a BowLegged
man"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Beecher Proud Of His Early Poverty.

Once, writes Eli Perkins, I was talk
ing to Mr.. Beecher about his early pov-
erty in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
eyes, | was very poor," said the great
preaeher-'so poor that I could not
even buy books to read. My salary was
SO small that I used to cut my own
wood. Once, I remember, there came a
great flood down the Ohio. The river
was filed with food-wood. It was Sun
day, but, oh, how I wanted to catch
that wood out of the river % "Did you
catch it p ] asked. ST am sorry to say,
Eli, that did," he replied. 81 hurried
through my sermon, and all that after
noon with my trousers rolled up to nv
knees, l struggled with the floating tim
Der. l filled my yard with it. And |
am sorry to say now that my dear wife
stood in the door and cheered me on"
And then Mr.. Beecher looked over to
his wife, who smilingly gave her assent.
That Sunday" continued Mr. Beecher,
Il secured enough wood to keep my
wife and babies warm all winter. In
1885, said Mr.. Beecher, 81 rode on
horseback from indianapolis to Fort
Wayne, to dedicate church. They
paid me S25-a large sum then for
single sermon. Since then I've received
$500 for single lecture in the same
place.
You want to know about my first ex-
perience writing for the newspapers, do
you3 Well, said the great preacher,
sit was this way. was in New York,
attending n6i to the Congregational Union,
In 1885. I was very poor. To make a
own -
in the old Observer Office and offered to
write letters for him from the West. I
told him I'd write weekly letters for a
dollar letter. Prime looked me over
and thought the price too high. But
he finally, through sympathy for me,
agreed to take the letters" "And you
really wrote those letters at a dollar
apiece9" inquired. NO." said Mr..
Beecher, laughing, 'Prime thought of
it overnight, repented of his rash offer,
and wrote me the next day that he didn't
think the letters would be worth it.
That was my lowest literary ebb," said
Mr.. Beecher, "when they refused my
etters at a dollar column. Mr.. Pulit-
ser has paid me $500 a column for let |
5ers since then.
Speaking of clever things" said MIR.
Beecher, odd you eEer hear that good
poem written twenty years ago on my
came Here, Ma Che always called
Mrs. Beecher MAJ, you read it 10 Per
hins; I've forgotten the words" Mrs.
Beecher srnilingly put on her glasses,
went to a drawer, took outa bit of paper,
and laughingly read:
''Said great Congregational preacher
To hen YOU'RE beautiful creature;
The hen Just for that
Laid three eggs in his hat,
And thus did the hen reward Beecher."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
An Obliging Husband.

Lady Arden complained Of q tooth
ache. All the remedies used on such
occasions were applied, but still she
found no relief. At length she decided
on sending to Edinburgh, distance OF
fifty miles from Clydesdale Castle, for
dentist to extract the suffering tooth,
and when he arrived she declared that
her nerves were unequal to submitting
to an operation unless she saw 1t per-
formed on someone else first. The few
friends admitted to the sanctuary bou-
doir looked aghast at this declaration,
each expecting to be called on, but after
a silence of few minutes and no one
offering, she told Lord Arden that he
must have tooth out, that she might
Judge from his manner of supporting
the operation if she could go through
it. He appeared amazin ely discon-
certed, made a wry face and expostu-
lated, but the lady insisted. The obedi-
ent husband submitted, and fine,
sound tooth was extracted from his jaw,
after which she declared that she had
seen enough to convince her that she
could not undergo similar operation.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Both Man and Master.

Two little boys were playing by the
roadside as the new master passed along.
They hid behind board fence and peeped
out as the genial-faced man came whis-
thing along, twirling flower in his hand,
watching with interest some birds in a
tree above them. One little fellow took
in the human side OF the stranger at a
glance, exclaiming: "No, Bob, that amt
the master; it's man" Eyes, my boy,
| am a man as well as the master" And
he picked up the little fellow and lifted
him up as high as his arms could carry
him, and as he rolled him over on the
grass in a rolliclling way he said: 'I'H
always be a man in the eyes of boys if
can 1t is not easy for teacher to be
in school what he would be out, but the
genius usually approximates that most de-
sirable blending Of the man in the teacher.
-.I0ltTna[ of Ejucdti0n
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
A SrnuggIer's Desperate Swim.

The San Francisco Chronicle tells this
story: The customs officers on guard
on the Pacific Mail steamer Gaelic OBJ
served yes erday some packages which
mysteriously dropped from portfolio to
disappeared into closet on the dock.
Then there was competitive race be-
tween the inspectors from the vessels
deck to the closet. Captain Holmes and
Inspector UP reached the goal before
Inspector Roberts. It was the work of
but second for Holmes and UP to
kick down the door of the closet, and
they caught their man in the act of con-
cealing q quantity of crude opium in
his clothing.
Taking him outside, the officers began
to search him. They took away five
pounds of crude opium which he had
concealed under his blouse, when, giving
a jerk which nearly landed UP in the
water, he broke away from the officer
and sprang from the dock Instantly
the dock was a scene of excitement. 4
boat was started in pursuit, but the fugi-
tive crawled upon the rocks under the
dock. When the pursuers followed him
there he crossed to the east side Of the
dock, and again plunged into the bay.
As the boat was on the other side of the
dock, he got good start of his pursu-
ers and swan like a professional. Men
were sent out on the ends of neighbor-
ing wharves to seize him if he should
attempt to make landing. Meantime
the chase was kept up in the boats, but
the swimmer gained on his pusuers.
TnSDpc+Or Holmes from ono of the boats
fired two shots over the mans head, but
this only increased the speed with which
he plowed through the water. The adj
ditional exertion required to produce
this last burst of speed soon told on his
wind, however, and he gave up the race
and made for wharf, where he accept
ed rope from one Of the dry-land pur-
suers, and was drawn ashore.
A four-pound bladder of crude opium
was found i'll the water where the man
had taken his plunge, and nine tins of
prepared opium, worth about $40, were
picked up on the dock.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
American Fables.
THE PEASANT AND THE ROBIN.

A Peasant who had a Fine, Large
Cherry Tree loaded with Fruit discover
ed that the Blue Birds We're after the
Cherries and he called the Robins around
him and said:
"Behold, the Blue Birds are Robbing
me Of Tenth of my Cherries. If you
Will Drive them away it will be Favor
which shall be Duly Rewarded.
The Robins Agreed, but in q day or
two the Peasant found thath Fruit was
Disappearing twice as Fast as Before;
and he brought out his Shotgun with the
Exclamation:
"Those Whom [ hired to Watch the
Thieves have Robbed me the Most'
MOL u:
Hire Lawyer to Help you Down the
other Heirs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

There are class of inexperienced adj
yertisers, who seem to labor under the
hallucination that an Immediate return
should be received from any advertise
ment inserted, no matter what its nature.
Such men seem to forget that many read
ers have never heard of the existence of
such a man or firm, and consequently he
lieve in making haste slowly. They
should remember, it is the constant drip
ping that wears away the stone, and that
The shrewdest and most successful adver-
Users keep their name and merchandise
constantly before the trade, instead of
depending on spasmodic efforts. In
quiry on this point, we feel satisfied, viii
convince every doubling Thomas.--In-
lind pl.irte1.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
How q Partridge "Drunis."
THE USE THE BIRD MAKES OF ITS WINGS.

When I first came to Canada, says q
descriptive writer in st. Njch9las, found
there were various opinions as to the
method of making the sound. One man,
who read a great deal but rarely went
into the woods, said that the sound was
produced by the birds voice; some Of
the hunters told me that the bird struck
its wings on the log, and others declared
that it struck them together oVerlts back.
[ did not give much heed to the book
mans explanation, for all the woodmen
laughed at it. [ soon learned to dis
credit also the idea that the bird thumped
the log with its wings, because, whether
it stood on stump or a stone, & rotten
log OF solid timber, the sound was al
ways the same. Lastly, I did not be-
heye that the wings were struck to-
gether, because when a pigeon Or q
rooster strikes its wings together, the
sound is always q sharp crack. Atlength,
after Watching the bird carefully, [ came
to the conclusion that it drums by beat
ing the air only.
1t is not an easy matter to get sight of
partridge when he is drumming, but [
managed to do it by crawling on my
hands and knees toward the bird, lying
still while he was quiet, and only NOV
ing forward when he renewed his noisy
courtship,- it is to WOO and win his
mate that Sir Rufford Grouse INDUCES
in these musical exercises. In this way
[ contrived to come within twenty feet
without alarming him. Through the
alder thicket could just see his shapely
form strutting about like turkey cock;
then, for moment, he stood upright,
with his feathers lying close. Suddenly
his wings flashed, and at the same mo-
ment I heard the loud thump. Then,
for few seconds, he stood looking about
as though nothing had happened; but
presently came second fash aud thump,
and others rapidly followed at lessening
intervals, until at last the serenade rolled
away like the galloping of horses or the
rumbling of distant thunder.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Ladies Who Use Tobacco.

A Washington correspondent says:
1t has been no secret that many ladies
n society here Of late years have
smoked more or less cigarettes. This
winter the practice Of snulf-dipping has
found great favor among the fair sex,
and many genteel and high bred ladies
in society have INDUCED in it, Each
snuff-dipper has her bottle and swab-
stick. from and by which she conveys
the filthy dust to her lips. The article
used for this repllsive purpose is the
old-fashioned yellow Scotch snuff, of
which four times as much is consumed
in this way by the women of this me
;ropolis as for the Utilization of the olfac-
tory organ by all the snuff takers of
both sexes. When this practice has
once fastened upon woman it is said
hat she rarely if ever is able to shake it
IF. Neither ruined health, self-respect,
owe for her husband, children or friends
IN give her sufficient resolution to alb
stain from digging" or dipping" as
snuf-chewiDg is called.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
THE THEE IN COURT.

A Thief who had been Arraigned in
Court for Stealing Bolt of Cloth
sought to Mitigate his Punishment by
saying:
"Your Honor should take into Consi-
Iteration the Fact that, while I could have
Stolen two Bolts, only took one"
Certainly, p" replied the Court, 81 see
how it is. There is Il Chap here who
stole two Watches when he needn't have
taken but one, and I'll make your Sen
fences alike.
MORAL:
Don't Monkey with the Law,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
A Costly COngealment.

A correspondent asks: Can water be
said to belong to the mineral kingdomG"
We cheerfully answer yes. When the
summers heat runs the mercury up TO
the cupola of the thermometer, and the
ice man brings around a small chunk OF
CONCEALED water, we think it can be said
to belong to the mineral kingdom, for it
is not only as valuable AS gold, but mclts
away about as fast ,--- Daatgiits Breeze
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
Reduced to Skeleton By Disease, and Re-
stored to Health Nth DR.. Par
Isa,o T1syse
Wilson, Niagara Co., n

Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y.
GENTLEMEN:-In April, 1883, was pros
trated by a severe attack of inflammatory
rheumatism and was confined to my bed four
months. l was attended by the best medical
skill, but rapidly grew worse until was re-
duced to a mere skeleton.
The disease had gone to my lungs and to the
region of my heart, and was finally given
up by the physicians, who said l could live
but few hours at most, and that all they
could do was to make me as easy as possible
by killing the pain by frequent injections of
morphine. was finally advised by friend
to take DR.. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy.
Upon being asked as to giving it to me, the
physician said: 'I have no faith In patent
medicines, but give it to him; it will not hurt
him"
was then so near dead that my limbs were
cold below the knees, and numb sensation
began to creep over my body, and suffered
with great pain in my chest and about my
heart After had taken the first few doses
experienced more pain than before, for il
seemed to drive the pain from the vital parts
toward the extremities. / continued to take
it according to directions. -Four days after.
the physician who gave me up called to see
me- and said l was much better. In about
four weeks 1 could sit up; then gained
very fast and became as well as ever.
CHAS. o. BARNUM
Brother Of D. c. Barnum, Attorney, 1876
Powers Block, Rochester, to whom persons
can refer.
Ask your druggist for Or. Pardees Remedy
and take no other. Price, s. per bottle; six
bottles, S..
Pardee Medicine Co. Rochester. N y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

In which YOU are wallow4ng on account CT
tho 9 diseases peculiar to you, madam. and
Wi have robbed you OF the rosy hue OF
can easily get cut Of DIR. Pierce's "Favorite
Prescription" will free you from all such
troubles, and soon recall the rosc-tint OF
health t. your cheek, and the elias ITCHY to your
step. 1t is most perfect specific for ali the
weaknesses and Irregularities peculiar to your
sex 1t cares liberation. dispIacements, in"
ternal fever" bearing down sensatIons, re-
moves the tendency to cancerous affections
and corrects all unnatural discharges. BY
druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
MORAL:
Don't Monkey with the Law.

EVERY man has right to make him
self something better than he is, but no
man has a right to claim honor and
credit which are not due him. The time
which man wastes in trying to force
the world to accept him Tor Something
which he is not would, if properly used
and economical, enable him to make
himself something higher and better than
that which he is trying to seem.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Mrs. A n Dauphin, of Philadelphia, has
done a great deal to make known to ladies
there the great value Of Mrs Pinkhau's Veg
etable Compound, as a cure for their troubles
and diseases. She writes IS follows: IA
young lady of this city while bathing some
years ago was thrown violently against the
life line and the injuries received resulted in
an ovarian tumor which grew and enlarged
until death seemed certain. Her physician
finally advised her to try Mrs. Pinkham's
Compound. She did so and in short time
the tumor was dissolved and she is nor in
perfect health. l also know of many cases
where the medicine has been Of great value
in preventing miscarriage and alleviating
the pains and dangers of childbirth. Phila
delphia ladies appreciate the worth of this
medicine and its great value"
Sent by mail in Pill and Lozenge form on
receipt of price, 81. Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass. Also in liquid form, all at Druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Whether large things are more dangerous
than small ones depends entirely on circum-
stances. Now, for instance, tiger is million
times larger than hornet, and yet if both
were boxed up, so that only their tails were
visible, anybody would rather undertake to
pull the tail of the tiger than that OF the
hf,rnRt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

The cigars smoked in this country In year
would reach nine times around the world if
placed end to end. But let nobody take that
as text for a sermon against tobacco, for
three-fourths of them were mostly cabbage
probably.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

A bottle of Red Star Cough Cure made
thorough and permanent cure of cold 50
severe that 1 could not talk, says Mr.. j. r
Roach, assistant superintendent New HorK
Central Sleepine Car Company.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Knows IT.-The King of Denmarl
won't have a soldier in his army unless
the man has Il large and robust nose.
Sfeh noses indicate firmness Of ebal,
acter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Work is not an end in itself. "The
end of work., said Aristotle, sis to en-
Joy LEISURE" or, as the Minstrel hath it,
i" the end and the reward of toll is rest. j."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Hon. M. A. Foran. Of Ohio, member Of House
of Representatives, writes that st. Jacobs on
relieved him of a. ute bodily pains.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

Young or middle-aged men suffering from
nervous debnty los of memory, premature
old age, as the result of bad habits, should Sc d
10 cent in stamps or illustrated book offering
sure means OF cure. Address Worlds Dlspeh-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, n. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

ONLY fools and beggars suffer from
cold, the latter not being able to procure
sufficient clothes and the former not
having the sense to wear them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

DIR. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy cures when every
other so-caled remedy fails.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
THE STORY OF LITTLE JANET.
Showing a Childs Loving Con-
fidence in Papa.

There was never child who showed
SO fully what the woman was to prove.
The first time | ever saw her was one
day when her father had fallen In with
me on a cross road in the Piscataquis
valley; that is far away, 40 miles above
Bangor in Maine. He was on his hay
cart; 1 was sitting on log. We nodded
to each other, and he, seeing my KNAPP
sack and stick, asked if 1 would not
mount with him, which [ did; and so
before long we came up to his cheerful,
rambling, great shingle palace of q
house, where I had already promised to
pass the night with him. We brought
up in front of the barn, from which we
had already heard shouts of Scoop I!
Coop!" Who should appear at little
three cornered window in the gable but
little Janet, fiaxen curls flying wild
about her head. ''HuErah % said Miss
Janet. ''Hurrah !' said her father.
"Jump, birdie" and before poor cock
ney l well understood the order, the
child flew out OF the window, down in
to his arms, and they both rolled over
in the hay. I have seen many jump
into -carts-nay, I have made my
share, but never saw such flight as
that. And even then it was not the
distance which seemed most surprising;
it was the absolute promptness, SO per-
fectly fearless
Hers not to make reply,
Hers not to question why.
He said Jump" and she jumped, not
because she calculated the height, or
had done it before, but because he had
told her to, and she loved and trusted
him. That was little Janet all over.
Now, steadiness like that and readiness
like that bred steadiness and readiness.
1t seems queer to me that [ had never
seen Janet before. have seen her so
much and SO often since. I had not
seen her long before l found that I
trusted her as implicitly as she did me;
indeed, there was not a man who work
ed on the farm who had not absolute
confidence in the child or was not sure
of her promptness, punctuaIity, and
affection. Nor was it men or women
alone who felt SO. The horses and the
cows-nay, the pigs and the hens-all
knew her cheerful voice, and her ready
and her steady hand.
lothian said she could collar and har-
ness that cross brute "Mad March,"
that she could climb into the manager
and put the wretch's collar on, and put
the bit into his mouth, because she was
such lady. / know that she could do
it; and of course Mad March let
her do it.-Edaoard EUerett Hale.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

IF YOU have numbness in arms or limbs.
heart skips beats. thumps or ttutters, OF, you
are nervous and irritable-in danger of shock
DIR. kilmer's OCEAN WEED regulates, re.
ieveS, corrects and cures,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

A bride puts the judges eyes out, for bride
never speaks the truth.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

He travels safe and not unpleasantly who
is guarded by poverty and guided by love.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

No sHoEsTRISG ever yet devised wi,
eep little men from rafting around i,
Zig mems shoes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
.nrhe slouph ofDcspondency"

Drinking water neither makes man sick,
nor in debt, nor his wife widow.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

WHEN a man is IS he knows some
hing; when he is Is lie wishes he knew
something,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21
One Cent Invested

"RoYAL GLUE" mends anythingl Broken
China, Glass, Wood. Free Walls at Drugs & Gro.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-21

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye winter. DRUGGISTS sell at 25c. per boltle